Privacy Apprentice
ROYAL MAIL GROUP LIMITED
About the Role
As a Privacy Apprentice, you will rotate across the DPO teams in Sheffield and London, gaining hands-on experience in privacy assessments, information rights, governance, assurance activities and cultural change programmes. It is designed to equip you with the knowledge, skills and confidence to begin a successful career in data protection.
- You will play an active role in supporting the Data Protection Office to deliver high‑quality privacy services. This includes:
- Supporting information rights handling, including customer and colleague enquiries.
- Assisting with data incident reporting, investigation and remediation work.
- Identifying trends and opportunities for process improvements based on requests received.
- Helping maintain a Privacy Centre of Excellence by supporting policy, process and guidance updates.
- Co‑creating engaging training and awareness materials to embed privacy across Royal Mail.
- Producing reports on risk profiles and supporting risk‑reduction activities.
- Providing logistical and administrative support to Privacy Partners in their work with business stakeholders.
- Contributing to Think Secure initiatives, including campaigns on phishing, cyber awareness and information security for our nationwide workforce.
- What we’re looking for
You don’t need special experience — just:
- An interest in data, technology or privacy
Someone who enjoys learning new things
Someone who is organised and pays attention to detail
Potential to move into various roles after the apprenticeship is completed.
About the Training
There will be 6 hours of study each week - all studying is done online and apprentices will attend online workshops.
About the Employer
At Royal Mail we value our people and we want our people to be proud to work for our businesses. We have the assets, the infrastructure and the scale that others don’t, yet we are a big part of the communities we operate in, making billions of precious deliveries each year. We are responsible for the largest B2B customer database in the UK and are one of the largest employers in the UK, providing one in every 194 jobs. Royal Mail is a forward thinking, innovative organisation, that is also committed to reducing emissions and improving air quality in our communities. This includes investing in technologies such as electric vehicles, drones, alternative fuel trucks and energy improvements to our estate. For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/
Skills Required
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
Training Provider
DAMAR LIMITED
Course/Training
Data protection and information governance practitioner (level 4)